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My Mobile Recording Studio



My mobile laptop recording studio

This does not mean having a portable handheld recording device and also this is not the proper recording studio, which have all the complete amenities and gear but what I mean when I say Mobile recording studio is that this is something that can be transferred to any location and set up as quickly as you can. Like for example, in my case, I don’t have a proper recording studio or room to record so sometimes I’m doing it in our lounge or other times I will set it up in our dining area or sometimes in our bedroom.  Also by saying mobile recording studio, in any case I’m moving to another place I can easily pack up things and bring it with me like for example I’m here in England as of now and if ever I’m going back home in the Philippines after my contract expires, I can easily bring my recording studio gear and equipment back home.  So, this is not an on-site recording studio or a portable recording studio this is just my own mobile laptop recording studio.

My studio is comprised mainly of a laptop, Dell Inspiron and then I bought a software called EnergyXT which is so light and portable. I also bought a USB audio interface called Guitar Rig Session by Native Instruments, which serves as my input/ouput soundcard for better recording as well as control of latency and/or delay.  I am also using an earphone, Philips O’Neil “The Snug” as my monitor.  I got a Peavey mic stand and Shure C606 microphone. I am using a MIDI keyboard that was bought from a carboot, MK-249CEvolution which is also a good buy for me. Also I got a Lyon by Washburn strat guitar and a Digitech RP55 guitar processor, which can make the sound of my guitar into a bass guitar or an acoustic guitar. So, I am recording the lead, acoustic rhythm and bass using one guitar.  This is my basic mobile recording setup.

I am using my mobile recording studio to record my original compositions, record backing tracks for my one-man band live gigs, also recording my podcast and other audio editing and recording stuff.

I have other instruments and gears that I seldom interchange or use for my mobile recording studio.  The ION Center Stage, which I use as monitor to check what my composition or backing tracks sound during live performances. Also I got a Behringer Ultratone K450FX keyboard/PA amp that I use during live gigs and also to check the sound of the bass and keyboards.  I recently bought the Roland Cube Street, which is battery operated. It’s got a very good built-in guitar effects and it is so portable.  Loud enough during small hall gigs or even outdoor for busking. LP Aspire Cajon for making beat and not so noisy alternative for drum kit.  I bought from ebay a very neat and useful mixer, the Behringer Xenyx 1002FX, that I’m using to mix and record live with a very good built-in effects for vocals and even guitar.  I also had the Stagg 10W practise amp which I sold on ebay and was handy and I’ve used it when I did some videos on YouTube because it’s a room-sized amp and sounds clean and clear on a minimal volume and paired with my Digitech RP55, it sounded rather big.

I’ll discuss on how to build and start a mobile home recording studio in detail on my next blog.  See you guys next time.

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